A Moving Day: 1HP at -30-

Hey, mistakes happen. On the Herald alumni Facebook page, which totals 1,992 members at this writing, some miserable prick (uh, me) pointed out the original obit said of the building, opened in 1963, "She was 60." No offense to Ellie, who has to be among the best writers ever to work there, but you can take the boy out of the Herald sports desk, but you cannot take the Herald sports desk out of the boy.

So I imagine you can't take the Herald out of the peeps moving to Doral, either. From what I'm reading on FB, people are sad for the end of an era, but the new digs kick ass.

 

And nitpicking between whether or not it was a "typo" or "error" is worse than the actual mistake itself.

 

No. A typo is a keystroke mistake. Shit happens, etc.
An error is a factual mistake, and this one is a glaring error.

 

Yes.

 

My assumption here is that you intended to use blue font.

 

I will say that it's extra sad when a building -- made of bricks, etc. -- is deemed obsolete and it's a few years younger than you are.

 

I give the nod to vacant amusement parks.

 

Vacant and abandoned ballparks are also very creepy, and sad.

Few years back, I posted some pics of a burned-out Shibe Park and a rotting Roosevelt Stadium in NJ. Very depressing, although I'd imagine they'd be kinda cool to run around in.

 

A year after it had served as a Class AA Eastern League ballpark, I covered some high school baseball there. I was 19, first full-time job. In my recollection, no one was sitting in the 24,000 seats, which were covered in bird crap, given the ballyard's bayfront location. I know I sat on the grass, which was cleaner, and kept my scorebook. I thought it was cool. Disgusting but cool.

 

This has been a very creepy time for me in terms of newspaper buildings being closed. The Philly Castle that used to be the home of the Inquirer and Daily News, and now 1HP. Strangely enough, Philly and Miami were Knight-Ridder stables of excellent journalism. Mile High said it best, the view from the fifth floor overlooking Biscayne Bay was incredible.

 

The Indianapolis Star just sold its building, too. It's going to be a mixed-use development named after the owners that sold to Gannett. The newspaper had been at the site for 106 years, though the current building isn't nearly that old.

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/5f44fddf7f31452584f683b18727ce4c/IN--Indianapolis-Star-Building-Sale

I would presume the Chicago Tribune will try again to sell Tribune Tower once the office market picks up again, unless the landmark status doesn't prevent someone from converting it to apartments.